Former Ehrlich Aide Avoids Jail

A political aide for former Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich was sentenced to 30 days of home detention Thursday for an Election Day conspiracy in which robocalls were used an effort to sway black voters. In addition, Paul Schurick was issued a one-year suspended sentence and ordered to serve 500 hours of community service in Prince George's County and Baltimore oiover four years of his probation. The automated calls went out to 110,000 people in areas with high percentages of black voters, who tend to vote reliably Democratic.